Using Pen Tool to crop out items (beginner)

[provingunique]

Step One: Open the selected image you want to remove something from.


Step Two: Zoom In, Select Pen Tool, and start "outlining" the wanted selection.


Step Three: Close Path by returning the path to its start, Then Click on the "Path" Tab next to Layers. Right Click on Work Path Layer, Make Selection, Feather - 0 pixels.


Step Four: Now with your Item selected, Copy Selection and either paste on a new layer, or create a new document(will be sized to whats on your clipboard) and put it there!


I use this technique alot, I hope some may find it helpfull.

[Waaqiah]

yea the pen is great selecting tool

[JuicyJordan]

I am a photoshop noob. Can someone please elobarate how to do this a little better? I can't seem to use this tool and extract things like this guy.

[joshbond]

Originally Posted by a couple beers

I am a photoshop noob. Can someone please elobarate how to do this a little better? I can't seem to use this tool and extract things like this guy.

here is another tutorial on the pen tool
Making selections with the pen tool photoshop tutorial

[JuicyJordan]

Originally Posted by joshbond

here is another tutorial on the pen tool
Making selections with the pen tool photoshop tutorial

Thanks!

[BGGraphics]

Originally Posted by Waaqiah

yea the pen is great selecting tool

don't know how i got along with a mouse. got Cintiq 12WX

[brmb5m]

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[bill110]

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[twiztedtony]

i used the pen tool alllllllllllllllllll the time when i used gimp
but now if i wanna do that i just use The polygonal lasso tool